On Election Day, Recognizing the Struggle for Voting Rights

People across the country are voting today, and even on this off-election year, many important races will be decided, including contests for state governorships and important issues at the local level. In light of the fact that voter turnout for off-year elections is notoriously low, here’s a great TED-Ed video based on a lesson by Nicki Beaman Griffin, who talks about the long road to achieving voting rights and offers some tools to take the conversation deeper.

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Katrina Schwartz

Katrina Schwartz is a journalist based in San Francisco. She's worked at KPCC public radio in LA and has reported on air and online for KQED since 2010. She's a staff writer for KQED's education blog MindShift.